Scientists found over 200,000 barrels of leaking radioactive waste
Scientists exploring the Northeast Atlantic have directly observed heavily corroded barrels of radioactive waste. Some are in bad…
In 1969, an Australian pilot leased a coral island left barren by guano mining; he flew in water and native trees, his plantings began a 50-year ecological recovery | World News
Aerial view of Lady Elliot Island. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons. In 1969, when pilot Don Adams set foot…
The alarming charts that reveal a planet in peril
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Drought and scorching heatwaves threaten Europe’s vision of a nuclear-powered future
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Factcheck: How nuclear, gas, wind and solar power are affected during heatwaves
Heatwaves are becoming more likely and more intense due to climate change, impacting sources of power generation around…
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year | El Niño southern oscillation
About 50 million people are likely to be pushed into acute hunger before the end of next year…
How Antarctica’s Blood Falls came to be
Antarctica’s Blood Falls looks exactly like what the feature’s name suggests. But despite appearing to bleed out for…
This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Europe is burning. This summer, an unprecedented series of heatwaves has swept through the continent and across many…
Nazi relics, Ice Age mammoth bones discovered as Danube water levels recede
The remains of what is believed to be an ancient mammoth, as well as Nazi-era relics have been…
‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke | Wildfires
A thousand kilometres from the infernos gorging on northern Ontario’s boreal forests, Erin O’Connor watched the sky above…
Carbon markets alone won’t keep Southeast Asia’s forests standing, study says
A new study has identified “massive and untapped” conservation potential within forestry and plantation concessions in Southeast…
The Guardian view on drought: hot, dry conditions make inequality starker | Editorial
Compared with rising heat-related deaths, and devastating wildfires in the Cairngorms and Suffolk, the announcement that the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)…